Boyles Law: 3.

4 Behavior of Gases
After you study each sample problem and solution, work out the practice
problems on a separate sheet of paper. Write your answers in the spaces
provided.

1. A science class puts a balloon containing 1.25 L of air at 101 kPa into a bell
jar. Using an air pump, the class removes some of the air in the jar, causing the
balloon to expand to a volume of 2.25 L. Assuming a constant temperature,
what is the new pressure inside the jar?
2. A small balloon is inflated with helium at 102 kPa to a volume of 2.12 L.
According to the balloons manufacturer, if the balloon is stretched to a
volume of 4.25 L, the balloon will pop. If the balloon were released, at what
pressure would the balloon pop? Assume constant temperature throughout
3. An oxygen supplier wants to reduce the volume of her oxygen tanks. She plans
to take the oxygen in her 155 L tanks and store it in 95.5 L tanks. If the oxygen
in the old tanks has a pressure of 8.27 x 10 kPa, what will the new pressure be
after the oxygen is compressed? Assume a constant temperature throughout.
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4. A blocked bicycle pump contains 0.682 L of air at 99.3 kPa. If the handle is
pressed down, decreasing the volume of the inside air to 0.151 L, what is the
pressure inside the pump? Assume that the temperature of the air does not
change.
5. An oxygen tank holds 355 L of oxygen at 8.23 X 10 kPa. What volume would
the same amount of oxygen take up if the pressure were reduced to
4.11 X 10 kPa ? Assume that the temperature remains the same.
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6. A machine produces 599 L of hydrogen at 101 kPa each day. If each days
supply of hydrogen were kept at a pressure of 366 kPa, what would be the
volume of the hydrogen? Assume that temperature is constant throughout.
7. A divers tank holds 15.1 L of air at a pressure of 1.53 X 10 kPa. If the air was
released underwater at a pressure of 6.11 X 10 kPa, what would the volume of
the released air be? Assume that temperature remains constant throughout.
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8. A plastic food storage bag is sealed with 0.213 L of air inside at a pressure of
99.2 kPa. The bag is loaded onto a plane, where the pressure is decreased to
80.5 kPa. What is the size of the air in the bag after the pressure is decreased,
if the temperature of the air remains the same?

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9. A balloon is filled with helium in an airplane, where the air pressure is 81 kPa.
The filled balloon has a volume of 4.2 L. When the plane lands, the cabin is
depressurized to the outside air pressure, which is 94 kPa. If the temperature of
the balloon remains the same, what is the new volume of the balloon?
10. A small helium tank claims to be able to fill 30 balloons to a volume of 3.15 L
at a pressure of 101 kPa. How many liters of helium will the tank be able to
produce at a pressure of 94.2 kPa? Assume that the temperature of the tank
remains the same throughout.
11. A scuba diver carries a small balloon of air deep underwater. If the balloon has
a volume of 2.11 L at the surface, where the pressure is 102 kPa, what will the
pressure be when the balloon has shrunk to a size of 0.581 L? Assume that the
balloons temperature remains the same throughout its descent.
12. A medical supply company stores oxygen in a 200.5 L tank at a pressure of
9,585 kPa. If the company transfers all of the oxygen to a 350.8 L tank, what
will the pressure be inside the tank, if the temperature stays the same?
13. At a sewage treatment plant, methane is gathered for energy use. If 75 L of
methane is produced at 94 kPa, how many liters would be produced at 100
kPa? Assume temperature remains constant throughout.